October 10, 2010 AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

W-L

PTS

CP

HP

Last Week

1

<  2

Ohio State (34)

Big Ten

6-0

1453

*1

*1

W 38-10 vs Indiana

2

<  3

Oregon (15)

Pac-10

6-0

1427

*2

*2

W 43-23 at Washington State

3

<  4

Boise State (8)

WAC

5-0

1395

*3

*3

W 57-14 vs Toledo

4

<  5

TCU (1)

MWC

6-0

1304

*5

4

W 45-0 vs Wyoming

5

<  7

Nebraska

Big 12

5-0

1236

*4

5

W 48-13 at Kansas State

6

<  6

Oklahoma (2)

Big 12

5-0

1225

6

*6

DNP

7

<  8

Auburn

SEC

6-0

1104

7

7

W 37-34 at Kentucky

8

<  1

Alabama

SEC

5-1

1021

8

8

L 35-21 at #19 South Carolina

9

<  12

LSU

SEC

6-0

999

9

9

W 33-29 at #14 Florida

10

<  19

South Carolina

SEC

4-1

978

12

11

W 35-21 vs #1 Alabama

11

<  10

Utah

MWC

5-0

926

10

10

W 68-27 at Iowa State

12

<  11

Arkansas

SEC

4-1

813

13

13

W 24-17 at Texas A&M

13

<  17

Michigan State

Big Ten

6-0

806

11

12

W 34-17 at #18 Michigan

14

<  16

Stanford

Pac-10

5-1

732

15

14

W 37-35 vs USC

15

<  15

Iowa

Big Ten

4-1

648

14

15

DNP

16

<  23

Florida State

ACC

5-1

547

17

17

W 45-17 at #13 Miami (FL)

17

<  9

Arizona

Pac-10

4-1

472

20

21

L 29-27 vs Oregon State

18

<  20

Wisconsin

Big Ten

5-1

410

16

16

W 41-23 vs Minnesota

19

<  21

Nevada

WAC

6-0

376

21

20

W 35-13 vs San Jose State

20

<  22

Oklahoma State

Big 12

5-0

348

18

18

W 54-28 at Louisiana-Lafayette

21

<  24

Missouri

Big 12

5-0

298

19

19

W 26-0 vs Colorado

22

<  14

Florida

SEC

4-2

209

22

22

L 33-29 vs #12 LSU

23

<  25

Air Force

MWC

5-1

187

23

23

W 49-27 vs Colorado State

24

<  NR

Oregon State

Pac-10

3-2

186

RV

RV

W 29-27 at #9 Arizona

25

<  NR

West Virginia

Big East

4-1

141

25

25

W 49-10 vs UNLV

RV

<  18

Michigan

Big Ten

5-1

137

24

24

L 34-17 vs #17 Michigan State

RV

<  13

Miami (FL)

ACC

3-2

63

RV

RV

L 45-17 vs #23 Florida State

RV

<  NR

NC State

ACC

5-1

31

RV

RV

W 44-17 vs Boston College

RV

<  NR

Virginia Tech

ACC

4-2

17

RV

RV

W 45-21 vs Central Michigan

RV

<  NR

Northwestern

Big Ten

5-1

5

RV

RV

L 20-17 vs Purdue

RV

<  NR

Texas

Big 12

3-2

5

RV

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Kansas State

Big 12

4-1

1

NR

RV

L 48-13 vs #7 Nebraska

NR

<  NR

Baylor

Big 12

4-2

0

NR

RV

L 45-38 vs Texas Tech

NR

<  NR

California

Pac-10

3-2

0

NR

RV

W 35-7 vs UCLA

NR

<  NR

Georgia Tech

ACC

4-2

0

NR

RV

W 33-21 vs Virginia

NR

<  NR

Illinois

Big Ten

3-2

0

NR

RV

W 33-13 at Penn State

NR

<  NR

Maryland

ACC

4-1

0

RV

NR

DNP

NR

<  NR

Mississippi State

SEC

4-2

0

RV

NR

W 47-24 at Houston

NR

<  NR

Syracuse

Big East

4-1

0

NR

RV

W 13-9 at South Florida

NR

<  NR

UTEP

C-USA

5-1

0

NR

RV

W 44-24 vs Rice

MILESTONES
- Ohio State makes first appearance at #1 since the 12/2/2007 poll (40 polls)
- Nebraska makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 12/9/2001 poll (139 polls)
- South Carolina makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/14/2007 poll (47 polls)
- Alabama's weekly Top 5 streak ends at 22
- Miami (FL)'s weekly Top 25 ends at 21
- Alabama's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 40
- Nebraska's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Ohio State passes 600,000 in total points

Total Appearances
- Oklahoma breaks tie for #4
- West Virginia ties Virginia Tech for #30
- Oregon and Stanford tie California for #37
- TCU ties Kansas State and Houston for #43
- Oklahoma State breaks tie for #50
- South Carolina breaks tie for #59
- Air Force ties Kentucky for #67
- Nevada ties 2 others for #110

NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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